Old Kiln Light Railway
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| "Altonia" at Reeds Road, 5th April 2015 | |
| Locale | England |
| Preserved operations | |
| Length | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) |
| Preservation history | |
The Old Kiln Light Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway located at the Rural Life Centre open-air museum in Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey. It has a collection of historic locomotives and rolling stock including two steam locomotives. It operates on Sundays and some Bank Holidays during the summer season.
History
Originally founded in the early 1970s as the "Wey Valley Light Railway", this line was located around a disused pumping station in Farnham
In 1982 the land was sold for redevelopment, and the railway track and equipment was relocated to the "Old Kiln Museum", now known as the "Rural Life Centre"
The line has since extended around the perimeter of the museum and a small stretch of track serves the museum's heritage timber yard demonstration area.
Steam locomotives
| Name | Builder | Works No | Built | Wheel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamela | Hunslet | 920 | 1906 | 0-4-0ST | Built for Penrhyn Quarry North Wales |
| Elouise | Orenstein & Koppel | 9998 | 1922 | 0-6-0WT | Supplied new to Servicios` Florestais, Portugal |
| Emmet | 2005 | 0-4-T | Currently on Loan from The Moors Valley Railway. this loco was built by Jim Haylock constructed on an O&K 0-4-0 1937 Diesel Loco |
Internal combustion locomotives
| Name | Builder | Works No | Built | Fuel | Wheel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Altonia” | Baguley | 1769 | 1928 | Diesel | 0-4-0DH | Lilleshall Abbey Woodland Railway
Alton Towers Park Railway |
| Motor Rail | 8981 | 1946 | Diesel | 4wDM | Midhurst Whites
Re-Gauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | |
| "Phoebe" | Motor Rail | 8887 | 1944 | Diesel | 4wDM | War Department |
| "Eagle" | Motor Rail | 5713 | 1936 | Diesel | 4wDM | Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd
Fitted with Dorman 2RB Engine |
| "Fido" | Motor Rail | 5297 | 1931 | Petrol | 4wPM | Weydon Lane sand pits in Farnham |
| "Sandrock" | Ruston & Hornsby | 177639 | 1936 | Diesel | 4wDM | County Borough of Derby |
| “Red Dwarf” | Ruston & Hornsby | 181820 | 1936 | Diesel | 4wDM | Severn Trent Water Authority |
| “Norden” | Ruston & Hornsby | 392117 | 1956 | Diesel | 4wDM | Contractor locomotive for Hadley Wood tunnelling scheme for British Rail
Worked on the Fayles Tramway at Norden in Dorset Currently on loan to Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum. |
| "Corbiere" | FC-Hibberd | 2528 | 1941 | Diesel | 4wDM | War Department, Ministry Of Defense, Liphook |
| Moës | Unknown | 1955 | Diesel | 4wDM | Belgian brickworks, in Rumpst | |
| Hudson Hunslet | HE-1944 | 1939 | Diesel | 4wDM | Enfield Steel Rolling Mill
Basingstoke Canal restoration | |
| "Champion" | Hunslet | AD36 | 1971 | Diesel | 4wDH | Lydd Ranges in Kent |
| "Wey valley" | Hunslet | AD37 | 1971 | Diesel | 4wDH | Lydd Ranges in Kent
Rebuilt in 1988 by Andrew Barclay |
| "Weyfarer" | Hunslet | AD38 | 1971 | Diesel | 4wDH | Lydd Ranges in Kent |
| "Liz" | Wickham | 3031 | 1941 | Petrol | 4wPM | Converted from unmanned target trolley
Single cylinder Petter engine |
| "Sue" | Wickham | 2981 | 1941 | Petrol | 4wPM | Converted from unmanned target trolley
850cc Reliant engine |
Awards
The OKLR received the "Surrey Industrial History Group Conservation" award in 1994 [1] [2]
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old Kiln Light Railway. |
Coordinates: 51°11′01″N 0°46′29″W / 51.1836°N 0.7746°W